Kurt-Juergen Freiherr von Luetzow

Kurt-Juergen Freiherr von Luetzow (7 August 1892-20 July 1961) was a Generalleutnant of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Biography
Kurt-Juergen Freiherr von Luetzow was born on 7 August 1892 in Marienwerder, German Empire, and he joined the Imperial German Army in 1914 during World War I. He remained in the Reichswehr after the war, and he rose to the rank of Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht military of Nazi Germany during World War II. Von Luetzow commanded the German 12th Infantry Division during the war with the Soviet Union in the east, and he was captured near Babruysk in 1944 during Operation Bagration. On 29 June 1950, he was sentenced to 25 years in a labor camp, but he was released in January 1956 and repatriated. He died in Hannover, West Germany in 1961.